Federal Reserve governor Adriana Kugler is stepping down from the central bank's board, giving President Donald Trump the chance to appoint an early replacement amid his monthslong campaign to badger Fed officials into lowering interest rates.

The resignation comes as President Trump has openly pressured the central bank to lower interest rates and called for Jerome H. Powell, the chair, to step down.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell should resign "just like" Fed Governer Adriana Kugler. Trump had earlier said he was firing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and claimed that the jobs data from this morning was "rigged.